Editing Southern rock (section)

=== Country rock bands ===
[[Charlie Daniels]]' [[Charlie Daniels (album)|self-titled debut album]], released in 1970, was a pivotal recording in the development of the Southern rock genre, "because it points the way to how the genre could and would sound, and how country music could retain its [[hillbilly]] spirit and rock like a mother," according to 
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]].<ref name=Erlewine>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/charlie-daniels-mw0000002609 |title=Charlie Daniels  |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref> Erlewine described Daniels as "a [[redneck]] rebel, not fitting into either the country or the rock & roll [...] but, in retrospect, he sounds like a visionary, pointing the way to the future when southern rockers saw no dividing lines between rock, country, and [[blues]], and only saw it all as sons of the south."<ref name=AMBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-daniels-mn0000806247 |title=Charlie Daniels Biography |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref>

Daniels later formed the Charlie Daniels Band, a group which fused rock, country, blues, and jazz. Erlewine described the band's sound as "a distinctly Southern blend" which emphasized improvisation in their instrumentation. After the success of "[[The Devil Went Down to Georgia]]", a single which Erlewine described as a "roaring country-[[disco]] fusion", Daniels shifted his sound from rock to country music and "helped shape the sound of [[country rock|country-rock]]".<ref name=AMBio />

[[The Marshall Tucker Band]], from Spartanburg, South Carolina, opened many of The Allman Brothers Band concerts using elements of [[blues]], [[country rock]] and [[blues rock]] in their music.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r347200|title=The Marshall Tucker Band – The Marshall Tucker Band – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glorydazemusic.com/articles.php?article_id=4146|title=Welcome to GloryDazeMusic (a.k.a GDM). |website=Glorydazemusic.com|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> They also collaborated with Charlie Daniels. Their self-titled album, released in 1973, included the hit "[[Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band song)|Can't You See]]". Perhaps known best for the single "[[Fire on the Mountain (The Marshall Tucker Band song)|Fire on the Mountain]]," the Marshall Tucker Band hit "Heard it in a Love Song" charted in 1977.

[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] played British hard rock influenced music until the deaths of lead singer [[Ronnie Van Zant]] and two other members of the group in a [[1977 Convair CV-300 crash|1977 airplane crash]].<ref>Ron Eckerman [http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/168499 Turn It Up!]. Smashwords.com. Retrieved on December 15, 2012.</ref> After this tragic plane crash, members [[Allen Collins]] and [[Gary Rossington]] started the [[Rossington Collins Band]].<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rossington-collins-band-mn0000293448 Rossington Collins Band] Retrieved November 10, 2022</ref>